HTML Coverpage Q3Board of Supervisors 2023Information and General Services
Financial Stability and Core ServicesEmergency PreparednessEconomic DevelopmentBroadbandHousingHomelessnessRecreationClimate Resilience
Initiative DetailsComplete the Programmatic EIR and expand the permitting “tool kit” to facilitate broadband.Manage the “Last-Mile” Broadband Grant program with Sierra Business Council.Update the County's “Broadband Strategy.”Fund and implement the "Dig-Once" policy.Engage and inform the community about County efforts to expand broadband.Seek grant funding and advocate at state and federal level for broadband.Housing Master Plans ProjectSupport potential high growth sector developmentCultivate economic diversification, sustainability and equityEstablish infrastructure, further projects and plans to support economic vitalitySeek funding and advocate for economic development prioritiesSupport business attraction, retention and growthFinalize and approve the Nevada County Recreation and Resiliency Master Plan.Promote health and safety at river crossings, lakes, trailheads, and other high-use or high-risk areas.Enhance recreation access, health and safety, economic development, and resource conservation.Support capacity and sustainability of Western Nevada County organized recreation.Identify funding mechanisms and act on advocacy priorities to sustain recreation.Staff recreation collaborative(s) to promote countywide coordination.Establish partnerships to advance and undertake broadband construction projects.Community CoordinationMonitor economically sensitive revenues Reduce Hazardous Vegetation on County-Maintained Roads and County Owned PropertyEnsure healthy fund balances in major operating fundsPrepare and implement long-term financial plansDevelop and manage County budgetClimate Strategic PlanHarden Critical InfrastructureEnhance Carbon Storage and SequestrationFunding and AdvocacyHazard MitigationRecoveryIncrease availability of rental and mortgage assistance funding to prevent individuals and families from slipping into homelessness and implement a CoC-wide diversion strategyExpand services and housing opportunities to transition aged youth and families with children to prevent entry into the adult homeless system and long-term homelessness.Strengthen housing focused case management and post housing supportive servicesExpand year-round shelter capacityImplement a centralized Landlord Liaison Program (LLP)Facilitate and promote partnerships for the development of affordable and supportive housingExpand and strengthen non-congregant, navigation-based, interim housing optionsSupport system wide improvement to data collection measures, collaboration on funding opportunities, and implementation of the County-CoC joint strategic planStrengthen the coordinated multi-disciplinary case conferencing team (Homeless Resource Team)Continue to support and strengthen outreach, engagement, and case management
On Target
Support business attraction, retention and growth
Board of Supervisors 2023

Owner

Kimberly Parker
Kimberly Parker (Community Development Agency, Office of Economic Development)

Progress Update

Progress from Q3 (July - September 2023). Small businesses are struggling to recover from so many challenges over the past three years including COVID, storms, fire, smoke and more. Damage from storms, inability to keep workforce, and declined customers have made it difficult. To that end the following has been completed:

  • Renewed the contract with the Sierra Business Council which focuses work on Business Technical Assistance, Warm Handoff Coordinated Services, Private Business Collaboration, and Promoting the expansion of Rural Broadband.
  • Business interactions and warm handoffs included 65 interactions through the economic development office and over 100 through the Small Business Development Center.
  • Proactively participated in developing opportunities for youth interested in career technical education that will provide work options in the community. Staff participated in youth employment programs including:
    • Nevada County CEO program in collaboration with the Nevada Joint Union High School District (NJUHS)
    • NJUHS Career Technical Advisory Committee.
  • Assisted eight businesses that were impacted during the winter storm by serving as a liaison to get them connected to the Small Business Administration by the September 1, 2023, deadline for property damage.


Next Steps

Plans for Q4 (October - December 2023) include:

  • Continue to build out the economic development toolkit. Next steps are Phase II of the economic development Webpage, tax increment and financing options, a printable business development toolkit, and collaborative education programs.
  • Coordinate with the Office of Emergency Services to determine if a recovery and resiliency plan for business in the event of disaster would be beneficial.

Objectives

On Target
Economic Development
Board of Supervisors 2023

Start Date

1/1/23

End Date

12/31/23

Milestones

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